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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2017
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Michael David Harris, Littleton, CO (US);
Timothy Leonard Hunt, Wilmington, NC (US);
Kevin Robert Kaelin, Pine City, NY (US);
William James Miller, Horseheads, NY (US);
Patrick Aaron Parks, Elmira, NY (US);
Jeanne Lynn Swecker, Kennebunk, ME (US);
Christopher Lee Timmons, Big Flats, NY (US);
CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for ion exchanging glass articles. Methods for ion exchanging glass articles include receiving processing instructions from one or more user input devices, loading a cassette containing a plurality of glass articles into a molten salt bath of one or more ion exchange stations automatically with a robotic lift based on the processing instructions, removing the cassette from the molten salt bath automatically with the robotic lift after a predetermined time based on the processing instructions, and rotating the cassette automatically to drain fluid of the molten salt bath from the cassette.